The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-04-08
A Grandfather For Sale.

Its all very well for you, Cabot. to
quote that trtc remark about rank be-
ing only the guinea's stamp. You
know as well as | do that the social
guinca-hcre in Boston, of all places
must be stamped before it W Il 60 into
circulation. Society strongly resembles
retail trade in this one particular. Let
me offer a lump of the purest gold to
any small dealer as payment for the
goods l have bought of him, and he
would at once ,a, he'd rather have the
dirtiest bank-note in town than my I'M
stamped metal; wouldn't he?:"
"WelI, | suppose he would. If we
were in 4 more primitive state of cxis-
tencc the yellow metal, as it came from
mother earth, would satisfy our greed.
Now it has to be youchcd for as gold
before It can take its proper position
among the other circulating medUmS.'
''EXactlv so, And as we are not in
AFFIRMATIVE state. but a very highly
culturrd' one, |. for example, need to
have a stamp before | can pass MUSTER.
All the wealth my Midas Of a father
left to me VII not take me o. than
just 50 far; yet | dress according to the
laws of to-day, | don't eat with my
knife, | know how 70 raise my iEat to 4
Badly; in short, | lattcr myself that |
make q fairly good appearance. But |
have no grand father worth speaking
Of" And though there was a mock
pathos in his tone, Maxwell Jennings
meant more of what he SAID than he
would have been willing his companion
should suspect.
Edgar Cabot glanced at him a little
cOntemptuOusly: then he allowed his
eyes to wander enviously around the
luxurious appointments of MaNwellS
rooms. Everything bespoke an abund-
ance of both money and taste on the
part of the one who resided there. A
casual observer would never have sup
posed that a man who could appreciate
the ~engravings and books which crowd
ed the walls and tables was a mush-
room of an hour, the son of a man who
had amaSSed a large fortune by the
manufacture Of rum, and iudiCious spec
ulatiOns in stocks and mines. The mo-
ment that Tom Jennings business and
all other possessions fell into his sons
hands, that young man sold the obnox-
ious distilleries and went abroad for
three years to finish the studies his faith
er had sent him there to begin. Old
Tom Jennings had the sense to know
that he could never aspire to any higher
position in life than the one he was born
into; but he was determined to make
Max a gentleman" and so far as cult
walton and study could do it, he sue
ceeded.
by Jupiter, Jennings, i'll had a 1.-THE
of yoE money / wouldn't care a plea
yune Il hadn't a grandfather!' sighed
Cabot, whose bank account was as short
as his pedigree was long.
And cabot, would give a hundred
thousand dollars this minute il | had
one of your digniied ancestors" Jen-
nings answered earnestly. Eyes, I'd
give il gladly if l in any way could
claim a great-uncle or grandfather OF
aetet'
"a fellow has a perfect right to sell
what is Individually his own, hasn't
hep asked Cabot, thoughtfully.
'Of course he has
q, as everyone knows, am the last
of my line of the Cabots. The births
IN my family this last hundred years
have been in inverse proportion to the
deaths. There has been a frightful
mortality among us. If I die childless,
as now seem probable-my divorced
wife being in dsgustingly robust health
there will be no ii to pride himself
on the dcaasagons Cabots, so, Jenn-
fHgs' I've a mind to sell them out to
/ am badly in want of money;
you think yoIrself-eF, to be more ex-
act, DIR. and Mrs. Randall think YOU
badly iii want of ancestors. What
win you give me for. saw old Colonel
The one. you know, who was
Killed in King Philips war"
What an absurd idea!'' exclaimed
Jennings, with a laugh.
mot at all absurd. The old codger
Is now my great-uncle; if | sell him to
you. why, Of course. he'll be yours.
Or. if you don't like him. there's my
grandfather, Judge Cabot-how will
he fill your billP Now. jennings, don't
look SO amused. l assure you I am in
dead earnest ! am so hard up I'd sell
my soul-much more such a trifie as a
grandfather--for a hundred thousand
dollars.
jennings knew that Cabot spoke the
truth about his financial condition, and,
being a good-natured fellow. who was
grateful to Cabot for several introduce
tons which he valued very highly,
especially the one to the aforemention-
Ed RandalIs. determined to help Cabot
out Of his pecuniary quagmire by hui
moring him in his ridiculous PROPOSE
ton.
~ declara- Cabot IL the fhing wcra